In addition the building is equipped with a second staircase in the area of Schadekgasse. The shop areas on the ground floor are modernized and connected with spacious passages through inside walls and courtyard walls. The access to the underground railway station is preserved in its form but is adapted to the changed safety requirements by insertion of a new reinforced concrete floor above the staircase. HVACR and electrical engineering facilities are completely renewed.

BIM project

FCP’s task in this project is design management for all site progress related trades, detailed design, site supervision & project management. A BIM model was prepared for the challenging object already in the basic design phase in order to optimize interdisciplinary processing. Demolition and new construction were modelled and superimposed as two separate construction phases.

Subsequently the Revit model was further developed and improved by the detailed design of architecture. A superposition of the HVACR facilities, in particular the ducts and their lagging, enabled optimum coordination with HVACR. For tender design the masses were directly calculated from the model.

The total detailed structural design and formwork design were directly generated from the model.

After non-constructive demolition the load-bearing elements were newly surveyed via laser scan, registered by means of a scatter plot and added to the model. Thus, necessary rehabilitation measures can be accurately planned and coordinated with all expert designers.

A simulation of the building by means of VR glasses facilitated the development of good solutions across all trades.